About This Listing

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This is your own space while you visit! A great garden apartment on a quiet, safe block in the East Rock neighborhood of New Haven. We are a few blocks walk to Yale's Divinity School and Science Hill, and thirty minutes walk to Old Campus and the New Haven Green. Our mid-century modern home has this convenient suite overlooking the front garden. It has its own private bath, a comfortable day bed, that can pulls-out from a single bed too a king size for two. There is a full closet, small desk, and dresser. The kitchenette has a small refrigerator, microwave, toaster oven, hot plate, and coffee maker. The private entrance and large windows have views of the lush front garden. There is free Wi-Fi available.

We have two nice vintage English 3 speed woman's bike that guests can use to get around town during their stay.

You can come-and-go as you please, with your own keys, without worry of disturbing us, your hosts. We are just upstairs if you have any questions, need directions or just want to say hi.

There are neighborhood shops if you need to grab a coffee, bite to eat or to stock up your fridge with goodies. Just minutes away, downtown you will enjoy some of the best restaurants, shops and museums in Connecticut, and you'll be able to return to your private tranquil suite to relax.

There is free, safe parking 24/7 just out front, public trans and the Yale shuttle are around the corner, although we tend to ride our bikes or walk to get around the neighborhood.

We want to offer our guests a quiet, neighborhood experience in a beautiful garden setting. This small comfortable apartment suite is located conveniently, and is just a 20 minutes walk through the treelined neighborhood to the heart of New Haven.

Guest Access

Free parking right out front! You have unrestricted access 24-7 to the apartment with your own key and entrance! Feel free to relax on the porch, swing on the rope swing and walk around the yard and neighborhood.

Interaction with Guests

We are usually around, but leave it up to our guests as to how much interaction they want. It is great to meet so many interesting travelers.

The Neighborhood

This is the best of a beautiful old tree lined neighborhood, that is only twenty minutes walk to Downtown.

Getting around

We're on the Yale shuttle line and the public bus runs by every 10 minutes. Both buses will get you downtown in 10 minutes. We also have bicycles that guests can use, we walk or ride almost everywhere.

Other Things to Note

We love that we can walk to our local market, wine shop, and coffee shop.

98 Reviews

This is a wonderful, cozy and nicely decorated apartment within a really striking house. Due to my hectic schedule I didn't get to meet Truman, but he had everything ready and included a lot of little extras too, including croissants, coffee, juice, etc. I wish I had had more time just to enjoy the place, because the apartment has a really nice feel to it.

My girlfriend Daniela and I stayed at Truman's apartment for a weekend. Before and during the trip the communication with Truman couldn't have been easier and nicer. The apartment was very clean and welcoming. There was coffee, tea, juices and baking goods providing for a nice breakfast!
I can only highly recommend Truman's Apartment to anyone staying in New Haven, its super quiet at night and you are at Yale in no time. Truman will for sure be the first person to contact whenever we come back to New Haven!

It was a very pleasant and perfect stay. The place was as described in the profile and the host had left coffee, fruits, bagel,.. for breakfast. Truman responded promptly for my texts with any questions . Even though my trip happened to be during a snow storm weekend, the sidewalk and space for parking my car was still cleaned to walk/park. Thanks to Truman! The neighborhood was safe and very close to Yale campus. I would here stay again if I go back to New Haven.

The apartment is on a quiet street in the East rock neighborhood with very good connections to bus routes to get you downtown and in close vicinity of several small supermarkets. There was a nice little bouquet of greens, some bread, water, juices etc to make you feel at home. The apartment is tiny but very cozy and comfortable with all the necessities there to prepare basic meals. The hosts were very friendly and welcoming and helped me out on different occasions. Overall I can only highly recommend this place.

Even with New Haven temperatures in the teens, we were very cozy during our stay in Truman’s Air BnB. Obviously well thought out and cared for, our apartment had everything we could ask for, including a very comfortable, firm bed – a big plus. We were within easy walking distance of The Peabody Museum, Yale Law School, Yale Art Gallery as well as many fantastic coffee shops (Blue State, Coffee Pedaler, Maison Mathis, Book Trader Café, Atticus) and places to sample famous New Haven pizza. The apartment is in a lovely home and in a neighborhood of lovely homes. We look forward to returning when the weather is nicer and strolling round the neighborhood. For now, we could not be more impressed with our hosts’ attention to the comfort of their guests, their flexibility in late arrivals, and the ease with which they set up the reservation process.

About the Host, Truman

I'm a designer, inventor, engineer and builder and I enjoy fixing-up and renovating homes. My family and I enjoy our good friends, food and drink and occasional travel. I own and manage the-up-keep on a few apartments locally, and I'm always looking for the next fixer-upper! We are also involved with the Yale community, and enjoy our urban / suburban lifestyle here in little New Haven.